Where does “procurer” come from?

Procurer comes from Old French procurour, from Latin cūrātor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-, meaning to care for or attend to.

procurer (English): A person who procures or obtains things,...

Definitions

  1. A person who procures or obtains things,...

Ancestry of “procurer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishprocurourAn agent or representative; someone who acts for or represents
2Old Frenchprocureoragent; proxy; representative
3Old Frenchprocurerto procure
4Latinprōcūrōto manage, administer
5Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
6Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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